An evening with the researchers, founders, and applied ML leaders and practitioners building the next generation of foundation models for structured and tabular data.

For over a decade, if you had a table, you reached for XGBoost. Every new use case meant retraining a new model. That’s changing with foundation models for structured data.

We're bringing together practitioners for an evening of discussion and conversation to unpack what’s real, where the gaps are and what a production prediction stack will look like in two years with advancements in AI.

The evening

Welcome remarks from Synthefy and Shilpi Nayak, founder of House of 434.

Moderated by Shilpi Nayak, with practitioners working across tabular and time-series prediction, including Sercan Arik (Google), Somi Agarwal (Synthefy), Saila Talagaadeevi (Cisco) and Tirath Kamdar (Walmart).

Drinks and food throughout, with networking before and after.

What we will explore:

  • Do tabular foundation models actually beat a tuned XGBoost where it matters?

  • What does in-context prediction change about how teams ship?

  • What breaks first at scale?

  • And why need a new class of AI models for tables, numbers and structured data?

Who is this event for:

Researchers, founders, applied ML leaders, investors, and engineers who run prediction and analytics in production. If you're building or deploying in this space, mention it when you request an invite.

Agenda:5:30 PM · Doors open, drinks and networking6:00 PM · Welcome remarks6:15 to 6:45 PM · Moderated panel on foundation models for structured data6:45 PM · Drinks, light bites, and open networking8:00 PM · Event concludes

About Synthefy

Synthefy is building foundation models for structured and time series data, helping organizations approach prediction problems with less feature engineering, model tuning, and dataset-specific development.

https://www.synthefy.com/Interested in learning more? Check out our hugging face where you can test your own predictions in real-time:https://huggingface.co/Synthefy/Nori

About House of 434

House of 434 is a platform connecting founders, investors, operators, and domain experts through curated gatherings, strategic conversations, and meaningful introductions. We bring together the people shaping the future of technology, innovation, and private markets.https://houseof434.com/